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No. 294,889. Patented Mar. 11, 1884.

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HER-MAN LINDENBERG, OI JERSEY CITY, NEWV JERSEY.

LIQUID-COOLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,889, dated March11, 1884.

Application filed July 25, 1883.

very rapidly while being drawn from a barrel, &c.

The invention consists in a flat sheet-metal vessel adapted to beconnected with the spigot of a barrel and provided at its lower partwith a cook or spigot. The vessel is provided with a series oftransverse partitions, which cause the liquid .to circulate in thevessel, whereby it will be cooled by coming in contact with the side ofthe vessel, which is placed in abox filled with ice.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view'of my improved liquid-cooler, showing themanner in which it is used. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 isa longitudinal sectional elevation of the same.

A very flat vessel, A, made ofvery thin .sheet metal, is placedcentrally and in an upright position into a box, B, for receiving ice.The flat vessel A is hermetically closed on all sides, andis provided onits top with a screwthreaded neck, C, on which a couplingpipe, D, can bescrewed to connect the spigot of a barrel with the vessel A. At itslowest point the vessel A is provided with a cock orspigot, F, whichprojects from the front of the box B. The upper corners of the vessel Aare rounded, and the bottom is inclined from the side edges toward themiddle, where the cook or spigot F is fastened. A curvec'lhorizontalpartition,

. G, is arranged in the vessel A, the said partition extending to withinshort distances of the side edges. Below the partition G two horizontalpartitions, H, project from the side edges toward the middle of thevessel, and besel A to circulate in the same, as indicated by thearrows, whereby the liquid will be cooled (No model.)

very rapidly by coming in contactwith the cold sides of the vessel A.

The box B is fastened to the support-for the barrel, and the vessel A isconnected withthe spigot, which remains turned on, the cock F beingclosed, so that a quantity of the liquid will be held in the vessel A atall times, so that the first liquid drawn will be very cold. .As theliquid in the vessel A has the same pressure as the liquid in thebarrel, I have provided transverse partitions K, to prevent the sides ofthe vessel A from being bulged outward. The corners of the vessel A arerounded, so that no liquid can collect in the corners, and the vesselcan be thoroughly cleaned by rinsing it. By making the vessel very flata large cooling-surface is obtained, and the quantity of liquid in thevessel A at a time is very small, and is thus cooled rapidly.

Having thus. fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. A liquid-cooler made substantially as hereinshown and described, and consisting of a flat sheet-metal vesselcontained in a box filled with ice, the liquid to be cooled beingconducted through the said vessel, as set forth. 2. In a liquid-cooler,the combinatiomwith the flat sheet-metal vessel A, of the screwneck 0,the spigot F, and the partitions G H J, substantially as herein shownand described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a liquid-cooler, the combination, with the vessel A, havingrounded corners, of partitions G H J, the screw neck 0, and the spigot11, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. In a liquid-cooler, the combination,with

